More stories from the week that ended July 5 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Jamian Juliano-Villani featured by Art21.
- RIP: Harold Feinstein, who died at the age of 84 due to chronic heart failure.
- Delaware Art Museum privately sells Homer’s Milking Time as well as Wyeth’s Arthur Cleveland.
- Destruction of antiquities and heritage sites by Islamic State and others could amount to war crimes.
- Street art widespread in Greece as nation is in financial and economic chaos.
- Members of Sotheby’s’ cleaning staff have been suspended pending investigation of water pistol attacks.
- Matisse and Van Gogh paintings’ bright yellows are slowing discoloring and turning beige over time.
- Animal rights activists protest Jannis Kounellis’s Untitled (12 Horses) at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.
- David Hockney publicly criticizes Gerhard Richter’s work again.
- Islamic State is selling looted art and antiques on eBay and Facebook to raise funds.
- Scott Mueller sues Janssen Gallery after Cady Noland disavows work and his money has not been returned.
- New bill to make it more difficult to take legal action against authenticators, and to minimize litigation costs.
- Milwaukee Art Museum drawing controversy with Niki Johnson’s condom portrait of Pope.
- Belgrade unveils controversial monument for Gavrilo Princip.
- Marina Abramović reveals plans for her funeral, which will be held in Belgrade, Amsterdam, and NY.
- Artnet lists five things you should try to avoid as an art viewing tourist.
- Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud announces that he will give his entire $32bil. fortune to charity.
- The Royal Academy attempting to bring collection of paintings assembled by Charles I together.
- Zahi Hawass’ plans for $1bil. Grand Egyptian Museum.
- Smithsonian utilizing 3D printing to copy artifacts.
- Amanda Ross-Ho, Artie Vierkant, Jon Rafman and more are in Public Art Fund’s Image Objects show.
- The Altered Images: 150 Years of Posed and Manipulated Documentary Photography show.
- Anneliese Cooper reviews Fire and Forget at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
- The Guardian looks at Sotheby’s’ London auction sale.
- Colin Gleadell reports on Phillips’ London evening sale. Judd Tully also has an analysis of the auction. Katya Kazakina also joins in on the fun.
- Colin Gleadell reports on Christie’s London evening sale. Judd Tully also has an analysis of the auction. Katya Kazakina writes about it too.
- Katya Kazakina reports on the Sotheby’s London evening sale. Colin Gleadell also has some things to say about the auction. Judd Tully gets in on the action as well.
- Sotheby’s beating Christie’s when it comes to Impressionist and Modern sales.
- Iain Brunt shares his thoughts on last week’s Impressionist auctions in London.
- The increasing popularity of the curated auction sale.
- Art-related events a big part of the calendar for ultra high-net-worth individuals.
- Gagosian, Pace, and Zwirner all signed on for the Seattle Art Fair and these may be the reasons why.
- Frieze Projects in London announces its lineup for 2016.
- The Independent Art Fair in NYC has a new home in Spring Studios in TriBeCa.
- Damien Hirst opening a art space called Newport Street Gallery.
- Queer Thoughts moves from Chicago to New York.
- Eleven Rivington changes its name to 11R and expands Chrystie Street location.
- Princess Eugenie now an associate director for Hauser & Wirth after working for Paddle8.
- Larry’s List interviews Filipe da Costa Leite.
- Artinfo talks to Dominique Lévy in its Game Changers series.
- Paddle8’s 8 of the Most Collectible Names in Contemporary Art Right Now list includes Emily Mae Smith.
- Sotheby’s teaches you how to buy at auction.
- Christie’s guide to collecting prints and to print-making techniques. They also have a guide to collecting maps.
- Observer writes about Levart.
- Tuscan villa formerly home to Leonardo da Vinci now on the market for $14.6mil.
- Mark Bradford installation, along with two others, goes up at LAX airport.
- Laurie Simmons and Cindy Sherman talk about Sarah Charlesworth.
- William Pope L’s flag makes an appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s performance at BET awards.
- A look at Bree Newsome, who scaled a flagpole to take down a Confederate battle flag.
- Misty Copeland promoted to principal status at American Ballet Theatre.
- The Guardian looks at the photographs of Katy Grannan.
- Scott Indrisek profiles Sascha Braunig.
- Anonymous group of artists build teahouse in Griffith Park.
- LACMA interviews Ed Moses about the art he created in the 1960s and 70s.
- Ten memorable quotes from David Hockney.
- Liam Gillick and Zineb Sedira make works for London Underground’s Victoria Line.
- Artspace has a list of seven Instagram users that you should follow.
- Artspace’s list of 10 artists to watch in July.
- The soundtrack to Luke Chueh’s life.
- Artnet’s list of The 10 Most Terrifying Public Statues.
- Artnet takes a look at fifteen firework artworks.
- John Riepenhoff teams up with Company Brewing to create three flagship beers to benefit art spaces.
- Marina Abramović now art directing for Givenchy.
- Yves Saint Laurent’s 2016 menswear line features collaborative designs by Billy Al Bengston.
- Japanese virgin men attend nude drawing sessions to help boost their confidence with women.